The 7 Irrefutable Rules of Business Growth
Steven S. Little, Senior Consultant for Inc. Magazine and Author

Steve Little is a much sought after expert on the subjects of business growth and the future of opportunity. Each year, he speaks to thousands of owners and managers of growing organizations. His book, The 7 Irrefutable Rules of Small Business Growth, is well known and often quoted. The “rules” were honed through his years of business experience including President of three fast growth companies and his studies of the Inc. 500(America’s fastest growing privately-held companies). Steve identifies those best practices of organizations that achieve sustained and profitable growth. His style has been described as “real world,” “highly credible,” and “uniquely engaging”. See why he regularly speaks for companies including UPS, Sprint, Microsoft, Bank of America and the Small Business Administration.

Steve Little fields audience questions from his opening presentation and continues with an interactive presentation focusing on “Rule 7: See the Future More Clearly.”

Sustainability at Kimberly-Clark – As We Live & Breathe
Ken Strassner, Kimberly- Clark Corp.

Kimberly-Clark believes that continuing improvement in its Sustainability performance is a key to the Corporation’s future success as a growing, global producer of health and hygiene products. Sustainability is not new to K-C, and the Corporation is widely recognized as a Sustainability leader including being named for the past two years as Personal Care Products Category Leader on the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. This talk will review K-C’s current and planned future Sustainability efforts including the company’s environmental and energy improvement programs [Vision 2010] and its other efforts to improve its economic and social Sustainability performance. It will also outline the process K-C is using to develop business unit and product Sustainability plans to help unlock the business value of Sustainability.

In October, 2005 Wal-Mart publicly declared sustainability as the gateway to becoming an even better company. Wal-Mart will share its views of the opportunities that may be derived from a competitive strategy that embraces sustainability and the method it is using to integrate sustainability into everyday business. Topics to be shared include the dynamics of their 13 value networks, how the networks function, examples of collaborative wins and the possibilities that exist in their textile networks.